THE KING IN LINCOLNSHIRE.
IMMINGHAM DOCKS OPENED,
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright , London, July 22. His Majesty tho King, accompanied by the Queen, opened the Immingham Dock in Lincolnshire. When the Royol train was passing through tho town of Boston, a structure oil which a. number of work girls wero assembled to cheer their Majesties collapsed, and sis of the girls were, so injured that they had to be removed to a hospital. ■
The port at Imminghara, on tho River Hmnber, has been under construction for five years. It was created by the Great Central Railway to relievo the pressure;' on Grimsby, <lue to the expansion of tho fishing industry. The new docks are intended for tho coal, timber, and general trado formerly done through . ' water area of 55 aowo .and a depth of from 30ft. to 35ft,
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1500, 24 July 1912, Page 5
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136THE KING IN LINCOLNSHIRE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1500, 24 July 1912, Page 5
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